Monthly Archives: January 2017

The winter landscape at Kuaua: dark rust willows and tall black-lace cottonwoods line the river, and behind the bosque, snow is scattered on the cloud-shrouded Sandia Mountains. The cold Rio Grande sluggishly flows through the bosque, its eastern shore lined with Canada geese huddled together to find warmth. How different life must have been here for the ancient residents of this pueblo, a life based on fires, fur, and blankets made of feathers. Continue reading →

Experience, Spanish arms and armor in the museum. We have sixteenth-century tools used in New Spain. Important examples from the exploration of New Mexico can be seen and worn. Our goal with this display was to find and offer examples, of exemplary armor, that was used in the New World in the sixteenth century. As this … Continue reading →

In 1540, the Coronado Expedition moved into the middle Rio Grande Valley, now Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Bernalillo. They brought with them a sizable group of Mesoamerican warriors.
They encounter the Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of the Rio Grande Valley, and what follows is the first war that takes place between European and Native American forces in the Southwest. You will find this lesson plan, and others (complete with a powerpoint and all student handouts!) under the Education tab on this website, at https://kuaua.com/lesson-plans/ .

Friends of Coronado Historic Site Lecture A New Light on the Village of Kuaua As a new era dawns at Coronado Historic Site, Myths and Myopia Fade from its legacy. By Ethan Ortega January 15th, 2017 2PM Modern anthropology has benefited greatly from recent advances in technology, and as a result has provided new ways of … Continue reading →